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Caterpillar Inc. and Carnegie Mellon Strengthen Team Support to Win 2005 Grand Challenge Desert Race; Robot Vehicle Technology Races Ahead.
AScribe Business & Economics News Service, August, 2005
Byline: Carnegie Mellon University
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Caterpillar Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines, is strengthening its support of Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team to help them win the DARPA Grand Challenge on Oct. 8, 2005, in the desert southwest.
The company, an early supporter and enduring technical pillar of the team, has stepped up to provide additional resources and is now its premier sponsor. Caterpillar officials made the announcement when the team and its two robot racers, Sandstorm and H1ghlander, made a recent whistle-stop appearance at the company's world headquarters in Peoria, Ill. The team is heading west...
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